Posts Tagged ‘George Washington’
“A Standing Miracle”: Washington’s Farewell to His Army on November 2, 1783
. …the singular interpositions of Providence in our feeble condition were such, as could scarcely escape the attention of the most unobserving, while the unparalleled perseverence of the Armies of…
Read MorePresident’s Day: The Story Behind the Day America Celebrates Her Presidents
“HAPPY PRESIDENTS DAY!” Celebrated on the third Monday of February, it’s one of 12 federal holidays (originally proclaimed in 1879). But the celebrations had been around much longer, initially to…
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